North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park Hatchery Entrance
Latitude
49.3559
Longitude
-123.1110
Altitude
82 m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Blackish dark brown central stem/stripe with an average length and width of 69.3 mm x 3 mm and tough flesh. The rim/edge of the cap is tan (light brown), and the top of the cap is yellowish brown top. The overall cap is rust-dark brown with a conical/bell shape and a smooth texture. The hygrophanous is present. The average pileus width is 21 mm, and the average pileus context thickness at the disc is 10.3 mm. The odour is akin to the cucumber/rind of a watermelon. The hymenophores are light cream-brown, crowded gills with free attachment and broad thickness. Although the spore print colour is pinkish-brown, the spore is oval shaped with a clear whiteish colour, absent ornamentation, thick-walled, and a present apical pore. The average spore length and width is 7.5 um x 5 um. The reaction Melzer’s colour is reddish-brown. The bean-shaped pleurocystidia length and width are 12.5 um x 7.5 um. The cheilocystidia length and width are 32.5 um x 10 um, lemon-shaped with a curved rounded bottom.
Collector
Elyon Benson
Number
eb2024oct19.15
Other Collectors
Julia Rothar, Ashley Harmata, Julia Smith
Determined by
Elyon Benson
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Blackish dark brown central stem/stripe with an average length and width of 69.3 mm x 3 mm and tough flesh. The rim/edge of the cap is tan (light brown), and the top of the cap is yellowish brown top. The overall cap is rust-dark brown with a conical/bell shape and a smooth texture. The hygrophanous is present. The average pileus width is 21 mm, and the average pileus context thickness at the disc is 10.3 mm. The odour is akin to the cucumber/rind of a watermelon. The hymenophores are light cream-brown, crowded gills with free attachment and broad thickness. Although the spore print colour is pinkish-brown, the spore is oval shaped with a clear whiteish colour, absent ornamentation, thick-walled, and a present apical pore. The average spore length and width is 7.5 um x 5 um. The reaction Melzer’s colour is reddish-brown. The elliptical pleurocystidia length and width are 12.5 um x 7.5 um. The cheilocystidia length and width are 32.5 um x 10 um, lemon-shaped with a curved rounded bottom.
Habitat
Grown on a wet, moist dirt/grass patch as small troops, but not in clumps, in the parking lot.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Elyon Benson
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore length: 7.5
Spore width: 5
Smell: 1 anise, fruity, sweet
Taste: 7 other
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 21
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 11 dark brown
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 11 dark brown
Stipe secondary color: 11 dark brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 69.3
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Ring color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Volva type: 6 none
Volva color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction ammonia color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Fe. Sul. color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: absent
cystidia: The elliptical pleurocystidia length and width are 12.5 um x 7.5 um. The cheilocystidia length and width are 32.5 um x 10 um, lemon-shaped with a curved rounded bottom.
clamp connections: N/A
cap cuticle type: N/A
trama type: N/A